Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-07-02

a 1890 - - -
1885. and few Others which came into
bearing that season, there were picked
50 G2 oranges. These oranges were all
gathered. prior to January LIST, and none of
them were sold at less than 2t cents q
piece. This fruit farm is located upon one
OF the sunny slopes of the foothills, where
a few years ago the red granite land was
considered worthless. What change,
Only by ocular demonstration can the alb
sent former resident comprehend it.
w. A. Plantz has So acres one mile from
Newcastle, 20 acres under cultivation On
his farm there is a fine selection Of the
most desirable varieties of peach, pear,
plum, apricot, nectarine, apple and orange
trees. On this place, as well as on many
others in the neighborhood of Newcastle.
there are several living springs, one of
which shows from analysis, valuable med
icinal properties.
NEWCASTLE AS 4 BUSINESS POINT.
Newcastle is destined in the near future
to be the shipping center of thousands OF
| fruit farms. Ten years will see full train
of cars loaded with choicest fruit go daily
| from Newcastle to all points east of the
Sierra Nevadas. Newcastle has a large
| and growing trade. Her merchants are en-
| terprising and energetic.
f. Madden, general merchandise, illus
/ trates the mercantile enterprise and energy
| of this place. He has a fine large building
| and a big stock of general merchandise,
and makes q speciality of all orchard and
vineyard implements, and he deals in lard
and locates home-seekers to their advant-
age. He enjoys a large patronage.
There are good schools in and around
Newcastle, and there is a class of people
also that will make the newcomer feel al
| home; and there are fine locations for
thousands of orchards and vineyards.
TOWN OF PESRYN.
| Penryn is the next station on the rail-
road to Newcastle, and has surroundings
| similar to those of that place. w. r.
| Strong & Co. have large fruit farm and
I nursery. Mr.. Morrison has 2i0 acres OF
land and large orchards and vineyards, and
| there are many others equal to any in
Placer county. The town is newly located
and is desirable place of residence. 1t is
a large fruit-shipping point, and the bust.
ness is rapidly increasing.
THE "HoME ORCHARD OF P. W. BUTLER
| Contains so acres 1t was cleared and in.
closed by substantial fence, and the west.
ern half planted in 1881. The eastern hall
was planted to peach trees exclusively
three years later, and although they are
now only three years from dormant bud
they will this season yield a crop of from
1000 to 5000 boxes of merchantable fruit
| For vigor of growth, uniformity of size
and symmetry, the trees of this orchard are
not probably surpassed, if equaled in this
or any other country. When they had at.
tanned growth of about two feet they were
cut off to fifteen inches from the ground
and the few limbs below nearest the tor
| were allowed to grow to form the future
| tree. These naturally assumed direction
of growth from the tree 800 from perpen-
| dicular, but in order to maintain an exact
uniformity of shape hoop of sixteen
inches IN diameter was placed on the in
| side of the branches of each tree, to which
they were tied at equal distances from
each other like the standards to basket
This training has been continued, and I'M
til the limbs were born down this season
| by the weight of fruit, each tree was an ex.
act counterpart of every other-in shape
| like wine-glass. In the older orchard are
almond, apple, apricot, cherry, fig, peach
pear, plum. prune, olive, ounce, japanese
persimmon, walnut, lemon and orange
trees and Muscat grapes. The peach, how
| ever, predominates, as it here attains its
| highest degree of excellence. although all
| the fruits above mentioned do exceedingly
well, oranges in particular being of the
very best quality. The location is particu-
larly favored, being protected in the north
| and west by range of hills that renders
harmless the north winds that are so de-
strucGve in many parts of the State, and
being in the center of the so-called Their
NAL belt of the Sierra Nevada foothills, is
SO nearly exempt from frost that the
orange grows without protection. This
range of hills, or rather ridge, for distance
OF five miles affords the same protection to
a large area of excellent land, most of
which no doubt in the near future will be
planted to oranges and other citrus fruits.
THE TOWN OF LOOMS
Is the next station below Penryn on the
railroad, and it is claimed by the settlers
and orchardists, and conceded by Others.
that the surrounding country is as good
| as that of any other point in the foothills.
There are fine orchards and vineyards
all around, and they present a beautiful
appearance, and extremely productive and
profitable. J. j. Morrison, the station
agent, owns the so acres upon which the
| town site is situated. He has been ex-
tremely enterprising in pushing forward
developments both upon his own property
andin the way of public Improvements. a ID
making known the resources of the county.
He hes fine orchard and vineyard, and is
surrounded by numerous other owners
having most successful and productive
fruit farms. This is one of the earliest
points in the foothills. Within q radius
oftwo or three miles from LOOMS, some of
the earliest fruits OF the seasons are pro-
vided for market.
Among the leading vineyardists and
fruit-groweTs at LOOMS is Z. W. Maslin.
who has 800 scres of land located immedi-
ately west of the town. The soil is granite
and varies in depth from three to six feet
Mr.. Maslin does not irrigate. and his place
is an illustration of what may be accom-
piished in the foothills by thorough cult
walton. He has thirty-two acres OF vine
yard, of which fifteen are in bearing this
season. The stock is entirely resistant, be-
ing Riparia, Rupestris and California;, upon
which be has grated the following yarie-
ties Ten acres of Iinfandel, five acres Of
Mataro, and this year eight acres of Pala-
mlno. The remainder next wear will be
grated to Palamino aud Peaso Ximenes
The first plantation was intended to pro-
duce claret wine, but Mr. Masln has de-
clded to devote his vineyards to the pro-
duction of wines of the sherry type. be-
lieving that the warm foothills are better
adapted to that type of wine than to light
ciarets. He has also planted four acres of
white Adriatic figs, and six acres of white
Smyrna grown from the seed. The place
| IS to be devoted only to the production of
| figs and grapes. The soil is easily cult
| waited, and water is found at the depth OF
ten to fourteen feet. The soil is type of a
| section of country extending east to the
American river, distance of four miles,
and from Rocklin 10 near Penryn q dis
! lance of six miles.
Other finely improved fruit-farms in the
immediate vicinity of LOOMS are those OF
Andy Rider and w. G. Williams, which
| are thriving witnesses to the adaptation of
soil and marvellous production of this part
| OF the county.
THE ORANGE KsNcIT,"
Owned by Hawk Il Wood. is the second
largest in area under fruit cultivation in
Placer county, and has 100 acres in vines,
i and 5 years old, 20 acres of which is Yin
fandel. The Zinfandel grapes from this
place took the first prenliIlIn at ih1a State